Improvement in horse hay-rakes



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U1\ T1r13n STATES PATENT. OFFICE,-

SOLON H. BUSHNELL, OF FAIRPORT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAV-RAKES Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,275., dated October 27, 1874 application filed August 29, 1874.

To all whom t may concern.:

Beit known that I, SoLoN H. BUsHNELL, of Fairport, in county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful scribed, and subsequently pointed out in the claims.

A is the axle, which serves, also, as the rake-head, and which is made tubular, and has screw-threads cut upon the outer surface of its ends to receive the axle arms or journals B, upon which the wheels C revolve. Theaxle-arms B are cast with sockets upon their inner ends to receive and fit upon the ends of the axle A, and have screw-threads cut in their inner surfaces to lit into the screwthreads of the said axle ends. D are collars, placed upon the axle A, and secured adjustably in place upon said axle by set-screws E, which pass in through projections d1, cast upon the side of the said collars D. Upon the other side of the collars D are formed projection d2 to receive the ends of the rake-teeth F, which are secured in place by set-screws G, which pass in through the side of the said projections d, and press against the said teeth. The upper parts of the teeth F pass through holes in the bar H to hold them at the proper distance apart, are coiled around said bar H to give them the necessary elasticity, and their lower parts are curved in the usual way to give them the proper form for collecting the hay. I are two collars placed upon the axle A, and which are secured adjustable in Y place by set-screws J, which pass in through projections il, cast upon the sides of the said collars I. Upon the opposite side of *the collars I are cast two lugs, i2, to and between which are pivoted the thill-irons K by bolts L, which pass through them and through the said lugs i?. M are the thills, to which the thill-irons K are secured in the usual way, and which are connected by two cross-bars, m1, placed at a little distance from each other, and one above and the other below said thills, as shown in Fig. 2.

By this construction, by adjusting the collarsl I, the draft-strain may be made to hold end of which is pivoted to the lower end of n the lever Q. The lever Q is pivoted to a bar or block, R, attached to the two cross-bars m of the thills M, and its upper end projects into such a position that it may be conveniently reached and operated bythe driver from his seat to raise the rake-teeth and discharge the collected hay. The lever Q has a curve or bend formed in it, as shown in Fig. 2, to adapt it to receive the drivers foot to hold the raketeeth F down to their work. S is the drivers seat, which is attached to the upper end of the standard T. The standard T is set in an inclined position, and its lower part is placed between and is secred to the cross-bars m of the thills M. To the opposite sides of the upper end of the seat-standard T are pivoted the forward ends of two rods, U, the rear ends of which are attached to the cross-bars V, which rests upon the upper parts of the raketeeth F, and has downwardly-projecting iin-` gers W attached to it, which pass between the rake-teeth F. Y

By this construction, as the rake-teeth F are raised to discharge the collected hay, the device V W prevents the hay from being raised by and with the rake-teeth F, and causes the hay to be promptly dropped, thus preventing the teeth F from becoming clogged and the hay from being scattered.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The adjustable collars D, provided with projections d1 d2 and set-screws E G, for con meting the raketeetl F with the' axle' A-,vsbstatially as herein sliown and described.

2. The' adjustable collars I, provided with projections il, set-screws J, pairs of lugs i2, and bolts L, for connecting the thills K M with the axle A of the rake, substantially as f herein shown and described.

3. The adjustable collar N, provided with a projection, n, set-screw 0,"and lever or arm jY n2, for connecting, the hand-lever with the axle A, for discharging the collected hay, substan- ,tially as herein shown and described.

SOLON H. BUSHNELL. Witnesses:

M. R. WrLGox, J OHN A. MGMILLAN. 

